I mentioned this in an earlier post, but we do have our Yorkie 100% litter-box trained. He is just over 10 months old now. We initially started with the wee-wee pads, but he never seemed to get the hang of it. We then tryed the Dog litter box and dog litter, but he tried to eat it too. Since we have a boy, we knew he'd grow up and want to hike his leg. This time we bought the largest dog litter box we could find. These are sturdier and deeper (8 inches I think) than a kitty litter box. We also switched to regular kitty litter (the clumping kind). It first he loved to play in it (but didn't try to eat it). Soon he was digging away in it and starting to piddle and poo in it as well. He likes to bury it afterwards (very cat-like). we noticed an improvement in the percentage of use right away. Elvis sleeps through the night with us (since day one). So first thing in the morning we would set him in it and tell him to "Potty". When he left without doing it, we would pick him up and place him back in the box and say it again. We wouldn't stop doing this until he went. When he did, we would praise him abundantly. We also kept him confined to the tile area of the kitchen using baby gates when we were not home. His "percentages" got better and better
Once he seemed to be on a roll, we would allow him a bit more access to the house. If he had a setback we would confine him back to the kitchen area and begin again. Now at ten months he has complete reign of the house. We used to keep a litter box in our bedroom too (in case he had to go in the middle of the night), but now he never needs it. We simply open our bedroom door and he heads down to the laundryroom, does his business and comes back upstairs to keep us company. It's so nice not to have to keep him confined during the day and it is comforting to know he is not holding it waiting for us to let him out. Oh one more thing, once he uses the litter box in the morning, we clean out the clumps (so easy) and leave him with a clean box. As soon as we get home from work, we clean it again. Elvis hates his box to be dirty and we found that to be the cause of most of his accidents.
Sorry so long...I do hope this helps
